Thunder: What’s up Chuck? Not his weight


Posted June 3, 2012 by Jenni Carlson Comment on this article Leave a comment
You’ve probably heard that Charles Barkley has decided to lose some weight.

The TNT analyst has taken it so far that he’s a spokesman for Weight Watchers.

During my tour with Sir Charles on Friday — you can read about it here — I had a chance to chat with him about all sorts of subjects. (We talked about so much that I’ll be blogging about them throughout this entire week.) But I had to ask him about his weight loss. As someone who lost 50-plus pounds a few years ago, I know what he’s going through.

How’s the Weight Watchers going for you?

It’s going well.

I did the program a couple years ago and lost over 50 pounds, so I know it works.

Oh, very good. It’s one of the best decisions I made in my life.

Did you have a trigger moment when you decided to do it?

You know, I was just getting too big. I wasn’t healthy. I’d gained like a hundred pounds, and the last thing you want to be is a sick old person taking a bunch of medications and stuff like that. And I’m from Alabama. We’re the fattest state. We’re No. 1 in diabetes, stroke and hypertension. So, I’ve got to get my fat ass in shape. It’s that simple.

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Jenni Carlson, a sports columnist at The Oklahoman since 1999, came by her love of sports honestly. She grew up in a sports-loving family in...


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